republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, allows certain persons who receive certified occupational training as a prisoner or a student in a high school technical training class to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63."
description: "Professions and Occupations - As enacted, allows certain persons who receive certified occupational training as a prisoner or a student in a high school technical training class to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Tennessee HB 353 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Daniel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c1d788-0f1b-429e-adca-7c1afdf4e36c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0353&GA=111"
source_hash: "b06fb738c762d5c20959064c7b4fd1850dd530f230ace786a3a1251ef61c70b2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 353 (111) — Professions and Occupations - As enacted, allows certain persons who receive certified occupational training as a prisoner or a student in a high school technical training class to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0152.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0355.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0353.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage with amendments, refer to Calendar Committee 4/16/2019 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/26/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/26/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/1/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommmend for passage, refer to Calendar Committee 4/16/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Business Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Taken off notice for cal. in Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Taken off notice for cal. in Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Taken off notice for cal. in Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0152) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Message Calendar 3 for 4/30/19
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0355)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-01** Senate refused to recede from amendment 1
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 74, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee appointed. (Bowling, Reeves, Rose)
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. appointed. ( Daniel, Sanderson, Lafferty)
- **2019-05-02** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/2/19
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 492
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019; 01/01/2020
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 492

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c1d788-0f1b-429e-adca-7c1afdf4e36c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).